Coffee-roaster



A (No Mod-e1.)

0. WALDEN.

COFFEE ROASTBR.

No. 877,448. Patented Feb'. 7, 1888.

WITNESS/5S:

TTUH/VEY UNITED STATES OTTO WALDEN, OE WHEELING, l'wEsT vIEGiNIA.

COFFEE-ROASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent N 377,443, dated February 7,

Application filed June 24, 1887. Serial No; 242,374. (No model.)

.To all whom it may conceive.- Y

Be it known that I, OTTO WALDEN,a citizen I V.of the United States, residing at Wheeling in the process of roasting and -will always be and removed from the cylinder.

equally distributed overY the bottom ofk the roaster. K

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly'pointed out in the claims. t

l Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a substantially central vertical section of a' coffeeroaster constructed in accordance with my in-V vention; and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same, the section being taken on the line zzofFigl.

y Like letters of reference indicate likeparts in both figures. n

A represents the roasting-cylinder, which is preferably formed with the hemispherical bottom A and provided with the hinged covers A2 at its top, whereby coffee may be introduced Lugs or ears A3 are attached to the sides of the cylinder,by which the same is supported in the hole of the stove. Suitable handles,A, are also provided near the top ofthe cylinder forvconvenience of handling. The cylinder A is provided Awith a central vertical shaft, B,Apassing through perforations in the top and bottom thereof and supported by standards B,mounted on top of o said cylinder and at opposite sides ofthe shaft.

An operating-crank, B, is provided at the top of the shaft and a nut, B3, screw-threaded on the lower end thereof, whereby the same is heldin place Within the cylinder.

Rigid with the lower end ofthe shaft B, and in this instance screw-threaded thereon and within the cylinder A,is ahemispherical basin, C, which is adapted to be rotated with and by the shaft B,and is provided throughout its concaved upper surface with agitating-pins C', in

PATENT OFFICE@V this instance -secured in sockets Withvvhi'ch the basin is provided for this purpose.

Secured at opposite' sides of the cylinder above the basin and apertured for'the passage 55'. y

of the shaft B is a crossl-head, D, which is pro- 'vided with depending, stationary pins or agitators D', which are so arranged with relationV to the `agitators C as to alternate withthem and permit of their passage therethrough dur-r 60l tors or pins the coffee when roasting is' con- 7o tinually agitated by revolving `the handle which rotatesthe basin. l v Having thus fully described my invention and lits operation, what I claim is 1. In a coffeeroaster,the combination,with '7 5 y the cylinder thereof,having a vertical operating-shaft passing therethrough, and formed vwith a hemispherical bottom, of a basin 'conforming to the bottom of the cylinder,mounted within the same, and xed'to the shaft and 8O A provided with upWardly-projecting pins, and of a cross-piece mountedl in the cylinderabove 1,. i the basin and provided withrdepending pins alternating with those ofthe basin, substantially as specified. 85

2. The combination, with the cylinder-A,

having the lids A2, lugs A3, handleB2, and

hemispherical bottom A', ofl the operating` shaft` B, mounted in said cylinder and in standards B .upon the same,

pins C', and the cross-piece D, mounted above the basin' and perforated for the reception of the shaft, and provided with depending pins D', alternating with those of thebasin, stantially as specified. x c In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.l t

O'ITO- WALDEN. Witnesses: A j

y JOHN BIEDENBACH, JOHN WELTY.

the basin C, secured to 9o,l the shaft and having the upwardly-projecting 

